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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9238

25 July 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/external trade
€3.2 billion deficit in euro area, and €15.7 billion deficit in EU25 in May

Brussels, 24/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - Eurostat's first estimate for the euro area trade balance with the rest of the world in May 2006 gave a €3.2 billion deficit, compared with a €2.3 billion surplus in May 2005 (and a €1.9 deficit in April 2006). In May 2006 compared with April 2006, euro area exports, seasonally adjusted, rose by 1.2% and imports by 1.4%). The estimate for May 2006 of the EU25 was a €15.7 billion deficit (compared with a deficit of €7.3 billion in May 2005 and...

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